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FEED BAGl- No. 401,001. 1 PatentedApr.' 9, 1889.

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WILLIAM M. BROOKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES J. EBERT, OF SAME PLAGE.

FEED-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,001, dated April 9, 1889.

Application filed October 27, 1888. Serial No. 289,273. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. BROOKE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Feed-Bag, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to improvements in feed-bags and it consists in the particular construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the feed-bag, illustrated as in position upon the head of a horse. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bag, the bottom being partially broken away;- and Fig. 3 is a detail view on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out the invention the bag is preferably con structed of canvas or equivalent material, the top of the bag being of greater diameter than the bottom. In constructing the body 10 of the bag the contiguous edges of a strip of the material are sewed or united in any suitable or approved manner. In one side of the body, at the top, a gore, 1l, is formed, whereby one longitudinal side of the said body is provided with a bulge or convex exterior portion, 12, which convex portion is preferably located about midway between the top and bottom of the bag, as is best illustrated in Fig. 2. By reason of this construction of the body it is evident that a pocket is formed in one side of the bag, and that when the bag is attached to the head of va horse, for instance, should the horse elevate his head, the feed, instead of falling out at the top of the bag, will be retained in the pocket, and to this end, in afxing the bag to the head of the horse, the convex portion 12 is placed to the rear, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

I do not confine myself to goring the material in order to form a pocket therein, as the said pocket .may be produced in any other Well-'known manner.

In the bottom of the bag (which is preferably of canvas also) aseries of eyelets, 13, are introduced, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, or instead of the eyelets 13 the bottom may be perforated or provided with an inserted Wire mesh; an d, if in practice it is found desirable, small eyelets may be introduced in the body at any desired point, or the said body may be perforated to insure perfect ventilation.

In or near the top edge of the bag two grommets, 14, are introduced at each side,and ropes 15 and 1G are carried upward from the said grommets, and the two ropes at each side are attached to aring, 17, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The two rings 17 are in turn connected by a rope, 1S, adapted to pass over the head of the animalbehind the ears, and a second rope, 19, purposed to extend across the head at the f1 ont. By reason of this construction of the sling it is evident that the top of the bag will be held in a horizontal position, and that the weight of the said bag will be evenly distributed over the head of the animal, thereby imparting comfort while the bag is worn.

I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the rings as a means of connecting the several side ropes of the bag and the head-ropes 18 and 19, as other approved connecting devices may be substituted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The herein-described feed-bag, consisting of the body 10, provided with the pocket 12, the apertured bottom- 13, the grommets 14, near the top edge of the bag, the ropes 15 and 16, secured in the grommets, the rings 17 ,to which the ropes 15 and 16 are secured, and the ropes 18 and 19, secured to the rings 17, as specified.

WILLIAM M. BROOKE. Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, J r., EDGAR TATE. 

